Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Ragsdale


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The result was   delete. Tone 11:28, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Jeff Ragsdale

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Despite the plethora of references, the subject of the article doesn't seem to meet the appropriate notability guides. See also the discussion on the article's talk page. Chase me ladies, I&#39;m the Cavalry (talk) 15:17, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Cirt (talk) 22:04, 21 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Does not meet the notability guidelines, especially when dismissing the self-manufactured coverage. Most of what he's known for are silly publicity stunts. The Eskimo (talk) 22:44, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsavable. This article has been so heavily tainted by what I am logically assuming to be Jeff's PR people that there is no way that it can continue to exist. Aside from the fact that this is just a loon with good PR and fails our notability guide, the COI is concerning. If at any time this article is recreated, none of the content here should be used. Fruit from the poison tree and all that.
 * By the way, I was reminded of this by an IP. Apparently I said at one point:
 * Can someone look at the article Jeff Ragsdale and it's edit history. The article needs a lot of help, and someone with more experiance also should head over and see if the IP and account working on the article seem suspicious. I saw that they were both only working on this one page, and considering the history that Jeff Ragsdale has with hoaxes and stunts, I am thinking possible COI, but am not sure. Either way, the article needs a lot of work from someone used to helping new articles from new editors. Sven Manguard Talk 06:22, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I still believe this to be true. The fact that people think that it's okay to bend the rules and taint an encyclopedia for profit and self gain disgusts me. Sven Manguard  Talk  02:31, 22 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete What a mess of an article. Fails WP:NACTOR but is he an actor?  Fails WP:BLP1e as most reliable sources are about his times square stunt.  It's not possible to have a biographical article with the sources given because they don't form a coherent narrative.  There's occasional coverage of his stunts, but no coverage that's actually about him?  What is he?  An actor?  A comedian?  An Activist? A professional attention whore?  One note regarding the COI editor and IP, I noticed that the IP was checkuser blocked this morning shortly after the COI editor got indeffed, so they may be one and the same.  Sailsbystars (talk • contribs • email) 03:16, 22 November 2010 (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Theda#Jeff_Ragsdale
 * Delete Plenty of sources that do not back up the claim of notability. FailsWP:NACTOR and WP:BLP1e. The COI editor and IP are apparently the same because the editor wrote his name on my talk page without using the sign icon or 4 tildes exposing his now blocked IP, it's quite visible.—  Theda  03:22, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.